Thanks again folks, you've given me some great ideas and a bunch of options. Colin, the pictures of your crossmember were absolutely outstanding. You should have a website set up to share your work.
Speaking of websites, I have recently added a site to chronical my first venture into the GM product line. If you want to take a glance at it you can find it at:
http://community.webshots.com/user/Fla54Chevy3100 Once again, thanks to all of you who helped make this project a whole lot more fun!!!
Dave